Perry Chen Quotes

Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. It is not fair. He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should not be taking the bread out of other people's mouths. I do not like him, and do not mean to like Waverley if I can help it, but fear I must.

Things That Lose by Being Painted
Pinks, cherry blossoms, yellow roses. Men or women who are praised in romances as being beautiful.Things That Gain by Being Painted
Pines. Autumn fields. Mountain villages and paths. Cranes and deer. A very cold winter scene; an unspeakably hot summer scene. (p. 138)

The Unseasonable man is one who will go up to a busy person, and open his heart to him. He will serenade his mistress when she has a fever. He will address himself to a man who has been cast in a surety-suit, and request him to become his security. He will come to give evidence when the trial is over.

I was just thinking when I was watching Serena and Venus (Williams), I was thinking, ‘I probably, no way, will ever play at their age.’ But sitting here, I’m like, ‘No, you know what? I might do that.

Jared Harris - King George VI (season 1, featured season 2)

Thomas Fisher - Artie Doyle

Vanessa Kirby (seasons 1–2), Helena Bonham Carter (seasons 3–4), and Lesley Manville (seasons 5-6) - Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

Kelly Hu - Inspector Michelle Chan (season 3; guest season 4)

When the Seasons' changes thus confront the mind
What comfort can the Doctrine of Tao give?
It will teach me to watch the days and months fly
Without grieving that Youth slips away;
If the Fleeting World is but a long dream,
It does not matter whether one is young or old.

Jeremy Northam - Anthony Eden (seasons 1–2)

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe - Cassidy Bridges

Annette O'Toole - Lisa Bridges (seasons 1 & 2; guest seasons 3 & 4)

Yasmine Bleeth - Inspector Caitlin Cross (seasons 4 & 5)